can you transfer some TSP to gold/silver IRA

[TSPTrader]

I am a civilian (55 yrs old) with a TSP contribution (5%). Is there a limitation to withdrawing some of my TSP money and investing it in Gold/Silver IRA without any penalties?? I have called TSP plan admin with different answers. Has anyone done it? who do you recommend?

[Midway]

Why would this be different from rolling it over into any other IRA?

[evilanne]

I don't have any 1st hand experience. I have invested a little in precious metals outside of retirement accounts. I know one person that had invested in some type of metals IRA but eventually closed it because he said with fees/storage, he was actually losing money (this was awhile back). I know he had a really hard time closing out the account.

Here is a link I found https://www.forbes.com/advisor/retireme ... ld-silver/. They mention that no more than 5-10% should be invested here but you got to realize that the financial advisors want to keep more of your money and I'm sure the ones involved in precious metal think you should invest much more. Didn't see anything about limitations on how much you can invest. I'm sure if you talk to a few companies they should know. I'd be interested in what you find out. I may want to try it down the road with Roth account.

https://www.401kgoldirarollover.net/how ... a-roth-ira
(this one say no more than a third)

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/top-5-pr ... ette-lode/

[TSPTrader]

FWIW - after a few calls with different custodians If you have a TSP and you are younger than 59.5 years of age, then you cannot move the funds freely until you turn 59.5, or leave your job as a federal employee.

[Scarfinger]

Why would this be different from rolling it over into any other IRA?

you can open up a Roth IRA or traditional IRA at a broker like Fidelity and buy a low cost gold ETF like SGOL, exp ratio 0.17%

ETF's are easy to buy/sell vs investing in something advertised on TV.

I use Fidelity Roth IRA to get exposure to US Small/large cap Value and International Large/small cap value

[bloobs]

I know one person that had invested in some type of metals IRA but eventually closed it because he said with fees/storage, he was actually losing money (this was awhile back). I know he had a really hard time closing out the account.

Buying precious metals but not taking physical delivery of it never made sense to me.

Why pay (trust) others to store it, or buy some derivative of it (gold/silver ETFs et al.) when the whole point of buying gold/silver is to hedge against unscrupulous 3rd party entities stealing or otherwise compromising the
integrity of traditional investment classes like equities, bonds, crypto, real estate, and cash?